A Schizophrenic has a defense to murder as they are often found insane at the time of the killing. I'd like to know the answer to that question too.
As a guess Schizophrenics would be more dangerous IMO.
This is the big question. let us look at how the diagnosis thingy works.
Patient tells doctor events and 'feeling's before -during-after events. The doctor who has read well on the subject from other people give a diagnosis BASED on the 'feelings' which was relayed to him/her.
It is NOT a science in a factual respect, it is based on trust and theory.
1. to trust the patient isn't 'playing a card' to get the correct diagnosis to fit an agenda (Well known tactic in criminal trials)
2.The theory is based on guess work from the information he/she(psychiatrist) has to hand.
So any psychiatrist cannot possibly KNOW for sure Sheila was a danger to her family and self- if they were, she would have been sectioned for sure.
JB was not presented for a psychiatric assessment before the killings, his mental state would have been based on his behavior after, taking into account a grieving process. witnesses would build a picture before the killings to add to the information already gained.
Maybe he wasn't a psychopath - just a greedy,cruel cold bloodied b@stard who murdered people to get what he wanted.